Bibliograph

The war on the Bill of Rights and the gathering resistance, Nat Hentoff

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The war on the Bill of Rights and the gathering resistance, Nat Hentoff

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The war on the Bill of Rights and the gathering resistance

Oclc number

52514345

Responsibility statement

Nat Hentoff

Summary

The veteran defender of civil liberties discusses the post-September 11th climate as it relates to the USA Patriot Act and the Act's subversion of constitutional rights

Table Of Contents

"Why should we care? It's only the Constitution" -- How we began to lose our liberties -- A society under surveillance -- J. Edgar Hoover lives! -- The FBI eyeing what you read -- Burglars with badges -- The FBI's magic lantern -- Computers will say who we are -- The patriot enforces -- A citizen shorn of all rights -- Liberty's court of last resort -- Ashcroft's detention camp -- The American way of torture -- Our designated killers -- Ashcroft's master plan to spy on us -- The apparent death of operation TIPS -- Ashcroft out of control -- Red Alert for the Bill of Rights -- The sons and daughters of liberty and their opponents -- Grass roots of the Constitution -- The unilateral president -- Spinning the military tribunal -- Vanishing liberties -- Bush-Ashcroft vs. Homeland Security -- Conservatives rise for the Bill of Rights! -- Protecting John Ashcroft from Congress -- and us -- Will American liberty survive the war on terrorism? -- Dick Armey's farewell address -- Knowing enough of our history to save our future -- A secret meeting in 1773 on which " The political salvation of America depends" -- The chilling effect on our freedoms -- In the enduring spirit of Sam Adams -- Justice denied at its source -- Ashcroft in conference -- The once and former rule of law

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